1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gleam_stdlib.mjs b/src/gleam_stdlib.mjs
index 50ebb46..1c0754f 100644
--- a/src/gleam_stdlib.mjs
+++ b/src/gleam_stdlib.mjs
@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@ export function graphemes(string) {
   }
 }
 
+let segmenter = undefined;
+
 function graphemes_iterator(string) {
   if (globalThis.Intl && Intl.Segmenter) {
-    return new Intl.Segmenter().segment(string)[Symbol.iterator]();
+    segmenter ??= new Intl.Segmenter();
+    return segmenter.segment(string)[Symbol.iterator]();
   }
 }